Acting
45
Man
Oct 22, 1952 (71)
Corowa, New South Wales, Australia
John Howard
Has a sister, Jan. Grew up in Warrawee, NSW Australia and went to Knox Grammar School. Dropped out of medicine and law at university. Graduated in 1978 from NIDA with Penny Cook, Robert Grubb. Played leading roles from 1981 to 2012 in various plays. Won a Critics Circle award in 1992 for "The Crucible" and "Mongrels". Twice won Variety Entertainer of the Year (1992,2006). Nominated for an AFI award for "Joh's Jury" and nine times since.Silver logie winner for "Seachange" (2001) . Associate Director of the Sydney Theatre Company from 1992 to 1995. Launched the Australian People's Theatre (associated with the Sydney Theatre Company). Has a daughter born in 1996 and a son from a previous marriage. He is most famous for SeaChange (1998) and All Saints (2008). Ambassador for Variety (The Children's Charity) and Australian Mitochondrial Disease Foundation ( AMDF ).
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | The People Eater |
| 2021 | Bump | Hippy Baby Boomer |
| 2019 | A Matter Of Principle | |
| 2018 | The Merger | Bull Barlow |
| 2018 | Frontier | |
| 2017 | Get Krack!n | Bill Langham |
| 2017 | The Warriors | Bill Shepherd |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road | The People Eater |
| 2015 | Last Cab to Darwin | Simmo |
| 2014 | Janet King | Steven Blakely |
| 2014 | Soul Mates | |
| 2014 | Grace Under Water | Ken |
| 2006 | Jindabyne | Carl |
| 2004 | A Man's Gotta Do | Eddy |
| 2004 | Jessica | |
| 2003 | Japanese Story | Richards |
| 2003 | Take Away | Burgies CEO |
| 2002 | The Road from Coorain | Angus |
| 2001 | The Man Who Sued God | Edward Piggott |
| 2001 | The Job | |
| 2001 | Always Greener | John Taylor |
| 1999 | In a Savage Land | Rev Macgregor |
| 1998 | All Saints | Frank Campion |
| 1998 | SeaChange | Bob Jelly |
| 1998 | Never Tell Me Never | Uncle Darryl |
| 1998 | The Games | John Howard |
| 1997 | Blackrock | Len Kirby |
| 1996 | Dating the Enemy | Davis |
| 1993 | Blue Heelers | Michael Fielding |
| 1993 | Joh's Jury | Hedley |
| 1992 | The Girl from Tomorrow | Silverthorn |
| 1988 | Evil Angels | Lyle Morris |
| 1988 | Young Einstein | Preston Preston |
| 1988 | Around the World in Eighty Ways | Dr. Proctor |
| 1986 | The Flying Doctors | Mike Stone |
| 1984 | Razorback | Danny |
| 1984 | Strikebound | Bashed Scab |
| 1983 | Bush Christmas | Sly |
| 1983 | Gary's Story | Gary |
| 1982 | The Highest Honour | Captain R. C. Page |
| 1981 | A Town Like Alice | Donald Paget |
| 1980 | The Club | Geoff Hayward |
| 1980 | Water Under the Bridge | Archie |
| 1975 | Capone | Warden J. Johnston |
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| — | To The Rescue | Animation |